Man-of-the-match scrum-half Matt Dawson admitted that the match was one of the most memorable he had ever been involved in.

"It was as good as my debut," he said.

"It was a bit of a blur, I don't remember a lot. we looked a long way away at one point, but it was awesome character.

"I think the leadership of the team came to the fore - and there wasn't that panic.

Cohen scored twice for England

"We have a lot of senior players out there, a lot of ex-captains, not just Martin Johnson, and when you've got people like Ben Cohen breaking tackles it's a joy to play behind."

Dawson said beating Australia was a huge boost for the side, although he stressed that England still had work to do.

"This does not take us very far. It takes us to next week and South Africa," he said.

"We need to tighten up. I know Scotland beat South Africa, but if you listened to Australia in the build up to this game, you know that all the southern hemisphere teams want to come and play at Twickenham."

"But we'll enjoy this. It's the first time in my memory I've played in an England side that has come back from two scores down.

"We didn't just come back with kicks, we scored tries and scored them well."